Why i am unable to connect my Power Apps to a SharePoint site under Australia Gov

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Posted on by johnjohnPter

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Hi All,

We have a SharePoint site under the Australian government, with this url:-

https://***.*****.****.gov.au/sites/test/

where this is the first time i deal with SharePoint online site that does not contain the word SharePoint.com in its url. Now i want to create a power apps which is connected to the above site's lists and libraries, but when i tried to connect to the site inside power apps i got this error "Something went wrong please try again later" :-

and the only site i can see is the root site with sharepoint.com in its url and which does not have the .gov subdomain, as follow:-

so can anyone advice how i can connect my Power Apps to a governmental sharepoint site?

Thanks

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mmbr1606 14,605 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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hey

maybe this is a general setting of youd admins.

did u already ask them?

if my answer helped please mark it as verified,

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johnjohnPter 1,809 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@mmbr1606

no i have not already asked them, that why i am asking if there is anything i can do to fix this, or maybe we can not have power apps connected to govermental sharepoint sites.. before i ask them i want to check if this is something i can fix as a sharepoint and site admin

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hey

to me this looks like a generel settings issue and nothing you can solve on your end.

if i were u i would ask the power platform admins.

if my answer helped, please mark it as verified,

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timl 36,383 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi johnjohnPter

I'd try creating the connection independently from the app to see if that makes a difference. Doing it this way should force the authentication dialog to appear and it may be this lack of authentication that's causing the 'something went wrong' error.

To create the initial connection, you would go the Power Apps portal, click '...More' on the left hand rail, and then click 'connections'.

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johnjohnPter 1,809 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@timl

Thanks for your reply.

ok will try this and keep you posted

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johnjohnPter 1,809 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@timl

ok i can create a sharepoint connections, but i will not be asked to select the .gov site.. the issue is with connecting to the gov site and not with create a sharepoint connector

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ronaldwalcott 3,847 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Is your environment part of the tenant?

Gov tenants tend to be configured differently. You generally have to be on the network or setup with a VPN. You generally would not be able to connect through a regular internet connection.

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@ronaldwalcott

Yes I am connected to a VPN to access the Gov sharepoint site, but still the site will not be shown inside Power Apps ..

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ronaldwalcott 3,847 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Sounds like a permission issue, Speak to your SharePoint administrator.

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timl 36,383 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi

>>ok i can create a sharepoint connections, but i will not be asked to select the .gov site.

So just to clarify this, when you create the connection outside of Power Apps, you enter the .gov site URL and authenticate, but at that point, it doesn't show a list of the available sites/lists?

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